Kolkata: Five Chinese nationals were arrested at Kolkata Railway Station near Chitpur area in northern part of the city on Friday night for carrying 197 kg contraband drugs, reports said on Saturday.
According to reports, during routine patrol at the station premise at around 11 pm, a team of Railway Protection Force (RPF) intercepted five suspicious men and found the presence of narcotics in their luggage.
"After spotting a suspicious movement at the station compound, we intercepted five persons and while quizzing them, presence of contraband drugs were discovered in their luggage," a RPF official told IBNS.
They were detained and taken to Dumdum GRP Police Station where 197 kilograms of narcotics with a market value of approximately 39 crore rupees were seized from their possessions.
"Besides 197 kg tablets of narcotics like methamphetamine and amphetamine drugs, we seized five Chinese passports, 11 mobile phones including five iphones, several Chinese and Indian sim cards and more than 60 credit and debit cards from their possessions," a senior official of railway police said.
"We also found five Kolkata-to-Hong Kong tickets of Cathay Pacific airlines which indicates that they were scheduled to catch the flight from Kolkata (NSCBI-CCU) airport at 1:20 am. on Saturday," the official added.
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According to reports, during routine patrol at the station premise at around 11 pm, a team of Railway Protection Force (RPF) intercepted five suspicious men and found the presence of narcotics in their luggage.
"After spotting a suspicious movement at the station compound, we intercepted five persons and while quizzing them, presence of contraband drugs were discovered in their luggage," a RPF official told IBNS.
They were detained and taken to Dumdum GRP Police Station where 197 kilograms of narcotics with a market value of approximately 39 crore rupees were seized from their possessions.
"Besides 197 kg tablets of narcotics like methamphetamine and amphetamine drugs, we seized five Chinese passports, 11 mobile phones including five iphones, several Chinese and Indian sim cards and more than 60 credit and debit cards from their possessions," a senior official of railway police said.
"We also found five Kolkata-to-Hong Kong tickets of Cathay Pacific airlines which indicates that they were scheduled to catch the flight from Kolkata (NSCBI-CCU) airport at 1:20 am. on Saturday," the official added.
30/06/18 India Blooms
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